Top 100 recruit says no to the Tide, announces commitment to this rival

Bad news for the Tide, but good news for this former Tide assistant.

It looks like Georgia head coach Kirby Smart has no problem with plucking a recruit away from his former team.

That is again what happened here, as four-star cornerback William Poole III (6-foot-0, 180 pounds, Atlanta, GA) announced his commitment to Georgia via his Twitter page.

Poole is ranked the No. 100 overall recruit by the 247Sports Composite, which puts him as the No. 9 overall recruit out of the state of Georgia. 247Sports is actually much lower on Poole than some of the other recruiting services, as Rivals has Poole ranked as the No. 36 overall recruit for the 2017 class.

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36, 100, 200, whatever... it looks like Coach Smart landed a good one here, and the Alabama staff probably isn't happy that Poole is going to Athens over Tuscaloosa.

Poole also had offers from over 30 other Power 5 schools, which is quite impressive.